The Super Mario Marathon For Child's Play

Brian Brinegar, Dan May, and John Groth are three former college roommates who plan on spending the next fifty-five hours playing through seven different Mario games in their entirety. That's Super Mario Bros. 1, 2, and 3, Super Mario World, Mario 64, Super Mario Sunshine, and Super Mario Galaxy. Three gamers, seven games, fifty-five hours, all for the sake of the children. The trio is broadcasting their Super Mario Marathon live all weekend via UStreamTV, kicking off at 3PM Eastern and going until all the games are completed or they go crazy and turn on each other. More »

Who Will Win the Race to the End of Resident Evil 4?

The gaming marathon mad folks over at cameronbanga.com (aka Four48) have issued a challenge in their latest charity driven attempt. They will be competing with seven other teams from around the world to see who can reach the end of Resident Evil 4 Wii Edition first. Currently, two teams have dropped out leaving six left to slaughter their way through the zombie hordes. You can make your donations (which will go to Child's Play) on their website as well as follow the multiple teams' progress via live streaming video.

Marathon Zelda Gamers at it Again

You may remember last weekend when I posted about the guys at cameronbanga.com who tried to make it through four Zelda games in 48 hours. Due to some glitches, they weren't able to squeeze in all four games but still managed to raise over $1200 for Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. So, in an attempt to make up what they couldn't finish, the boys are at it again but this time they have given themselves eleven hours to complete Twilight Princess. The marathon gaming session will again benefit Child's Play and will be the first in a series of charity driven weekend gaming sessions. Good luck on your mission guys, you are benefiting a great charity.

Four Zeldas in Forty-Eight Hours

Some feisty gamers embarked on a charity mission this weekend. Their goal: to play through four Ocarina of Time, Majora's Mask, Wind Waker, and Twilight Princess in forty-eight hours. While the playing is happening, you can go on to their website to watch some streaming video of the action as well as donate some money for their efforts that will go to Penny Arcade's Child's Play charity. More »

Marathon Resurrected

Now you can relive the glory of a thirteen year-old game from within an eight year-old game! A labor of love seven years in the making, the team behind the just released Marathon: Resurrection 2.0 project have poured their hearts, minds, and a good chunk of free time into recreating Bungie's 2.5D shooter in full 3D as a modification for Unreal Tournament. While the mod takes several liberties in updating the game to the new engine, the flavor of the original is strong in this extremely comprehensive mod. It comes complete with 27 solo maps, 16 new multiplayer maps, 10 new monsters, 10 new weapons, and 15 new and remastered music tracks. A hell of a lot of love has been put into the project, and all it requires from you is a working version of Unreal Tournament An excellent way to dust off one of your old favorites and experience an even older one at the same time. More »

First Halo 3 Easter Egg Found

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Marathon Will Live Arcade, Halo 2 Won't Live Anywhere

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Mans Heart Explodes After Game Marathon

It sounds like 50 hours is about the maximum amount of time a person can game before their heart explodes. CNN reports that a South Korean man died of heart failure minutes after finishing a 50 hour game marathon. The man had recently quit his job to play more games, that's a bad sign. More »

A Day in the Life of Xbox Live

A blogger set out to play games on Xbox Live for 24 hours straight. Six tuna fish sandwiches, four vitamin waters, four handfuls of mixed nuts, two Clif bars, one Balance Bar, three multivitamins, two yogurts, two Liftoff drinks, three quarts of water and ten bathroom breaks later, he succeeded. More »